John Wooden's blackboard even earns respect from Detroit Pistons during practice at UCLA

LOS ANGELES – The Detroit
Pistons practiced Saturday at UCLA's Student Activities Center, where
a banner celebrating the school's national volleyball championships
hangs high on one wall, and a blackboard, encased in a plastic cover,
adorns a wall just inside the entry door.

The blackboard was the one John
Wooden used while coaching the Bruins, which prompted Pistons
assistant coach Brian Hill to whip out a cell phone for a quick
photograph, and head coach Lawrence Frank to recall the couple of
occasions he met the legendary coach during clinics here.

--Rodney Stuckey openly pined a week
ago for this opportunity to bask in the California sunshine, and
Frank, who is an east-coast guy in every sense, acquiesced by giving
the team some extra time here. After today's game against the
Clippers, the Pistons finish their western swing Wednesday in Denver.
So Frank is giving them Monday off, then another Tuesday practice at
UCLA, before leaving. The forecast calls for mid-50s and rain
throughout.

--The Pistons have two local natives,
Tayshaun Prince of Compton and Austin Daye of Irvine. Daye's father,
Darren, played at UCLA before a five-year NBA career.